Happy New Year!

Here's hoping 2010 brings you health, happiness, and prosperity -- or as the Vulcans are fond of saying, Live Long and Prosper!

Thanks to everyone who stops by this part of the interweb every now and again to see what I've been up to! I seem to be scratching the 'Graphic Designer' itch by creating wallpapers, rather than writing... And writing was the reason I started this blog! But hey, that's how life goes sometimes!

Whether you're here for a column or a wallpaper, I hope to keep you coming back for more!

Sincerely, thank you!

Aqua-Merch!

Added to the collection of Aquaman-related merchandise... Ocean Master (as depicted by George Perez!) It's the first action figure of this version of the character as well!
The only thing I don't like is that Orm's staff in the package is a whole lot less pointy than the one shown in the prototype picture above.

And also, this very cool lead figure from Eaglemoss! It's handpainted and quite nice looking, even though it's small. Very nicely done figure for the low, low price of seventeen dollars!
You know, for a character that isn't even appearing anywhere, Aquaman sure seems to be getting his share of love from the other Warner divisions! On TV in Brave and the Bold (not to mention his pilot show), from DC Direct in all the Aquaman related stuff they keep making... Heck, even the DC Universe Classics line has already released three versions of Aquaman.

Clearly somebody out there besides me has a love of the character...

Geoff Johns Interview!

Johns had this to say about Mera in a Newsarama interview about The Blackest Night:

Johns: The other journeys, next to Hal and Barry, are the Atom and Mera. They both go through specific journeys. The Atom's culminates in The Atom and Hawkman issue I'm doing, and it continues through Blackest Night. And Mera's goes through Blackest Night, Blackest Night: Wonder Woman and beyond. She’ll be someone I’ll be working with in 2010, 2011 and beyond. The same thing goes for the Atom. His perspective is obviously different from anybody else's. And he's been at the center of the storm of a lot of things that have gone on in the DC Universe. But it’s time for Ray to step up and move on into new emotional territory.

Mera just developed organically, because I've always found that character intriguing. A lot of people recognized that character, but nothing's been done with her in years. I wanted to put her on the stage. You know, Aquaman's not here. It's like the whole beat that Barry says to them: "We're the Justice League now. You're Superman, and you're Wonder Woman. So let's go do this."

I knew I would be introducing all these new characters, and I thought at the same time I'd like to take a couple old characters like Mera and Black Hand alongside Larfleeze and Saint Walker.

Nrama: You said you always found Mera's character "intriguing." Why?

Johns: I just always found her to be powerful and strong and unexplored. She stood apart; she wasn't Aquawoman, which I liked. She was her own character, separate from Aquaman. She had her own history. I always found her appealing and thought she could be an important character, and I believe she's going to be one of the strongest females in the coming years.

I'm intrigued that Johns will be working with Mera in 2010 and 2011... Sounds like a mini-series or a special is in the works for her... Does it also bode well for Aquaman or Tempest also?

I'm almost afraid to hope.

Poll Results!

I asked who your favorite DC Heroine was and here are the results! Coming in first place with 27 percent of the vote is Supergirl! Superman's cousin is one of the things I've always liked about Superman. Apparently others feel the same way.It surprised me as I thought the number two choice, Wonder Woman, would have come away with first place. Instead she had 22 percent of the vote. She's the first lady of super-heroines in my book!
Black Canary came in third with 18 percent. Black Canary isn't a copy of a male hero, but she is married to Green Arrow.
Next is a three-way tie between Power Girl, Hawkgirl, and Batgirl, with each getting nine percent of the vote. Power Girl is the Earth 2 version of Supergirl. Batgirl and Hawkgirl have the same powers and abilities their male counterparts do.
Mera came in seventh place with four percent. Mera isn't a gender-bending duplicate of Aquaman. She has her own distinct powers - the ability to create and manipulate hard water forms. That makes her unique and also seems to be a rare quality in heroines.
Zatanna received no votes at all! Zatanna was the daughter of Zatara, hero of the Golden Age!
Thanks for voting!